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The Official eBay Bible Second Edition: The Newly Revised and Updated Version of the Most Comprehensive eBay How-To Manual for Everyone from First-Time Users to eBay Experts

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4 stars for fullfilling its intended purposes. One lacking star for apparently disappointing readers for its lacking anticipated business pointers.


This book is obviously targeted toward eBay newbies, and for that purpose it makes a heck of a good job in providing both clarity and motivation. While at the same time being embedded with corporate self-marketing lines without being offensive.

It seems as though the author has retained a centered state of mind while writing this entire book. Even if the topics are basic, such as how to list items and packing items, it's being presented in an entertaining way and may well do a good job in hooking up new members to eBay. It's definitely a helpful place to start.
Since the intentions of the book are ambiguous however (it's not clear wether selling eBay or teaching people how to sell on ebay is the central purpose here), it's also reasonable to contend that level-wise, this is not the best book out there. But the quality of that level is yet high and consistent. Everything that's being taught in the book is easy to grasp and follow, and there's a certain underlying energy in terms of writing style that makes eBay selling look fun. Because of that this book does a very good job in marketing eBay (both as a selling enterprise, and its individual services) and in convincing readers to sign up for their own accounts. That's not an easy balance to achieve without being a hypocrite. But the author even promotes environmental responsibilites, which kind of defies the notion of being a hypocrite, such as being a mere greedy prick behind the smile. It's more than that.

So this is a good book, not only content-wise, but also motivation-wise.

Even if you know everything about Ebay, you'll find something new in this book. Really good book for reference use & for beginners. Just contains neat tid bits of usuable information you might otherwise not know.

A paid employee convincing the naive, that they too can sell on ebay, while ebay is implementing policies created to destroy the small sellers' businesses and sellers of used items, one-of-a-kind items and unique items. Unless you truly have millions of items to place in bulk, this book and ebay are useless to you. If you want the truth about ebay, read it for free on the internet by searching, "Ebay Stockholders and Sellers Calling For Immediate Termination of John Donohoe CEO Petition" and at glassdoor.

There are a lot of guides out there on ebay, but none quite like this one. Griff covers everything, it is excellent if you are just getting started, but also excellent if an issue comes up for the experienced too. He writes for sellers and buyers both. This will become your best resource for all things ebay. He even tells you how to snipe!